Man Utd youngster Kobbie Mainoo – A rare bright spot in England’s disaster

The Manchester United midfielder continued to have an impressive performance under the England national team.

This morning, the soccer world witnessed a disaster at Wembley, created by the England team.Welcoming a “weakness”, the Iceland national team, at home, it was obvious that the Three Lions were expected to win with a devastating score to gain favorable momentum for the upcoming EURO.However, an unexpected scenario occurred, when coach Gareth Southgate and his team suffered a final defeat after Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson’s goal.Not only in terms of results, but England’s performance was also truly pathetic as they only had one shot throughout the match.Obviously, it will be difficult to find a few rare bright spots after England’s disaster, and the performance from Kobbie Mainoo is one of them.Even though it was only his second start under the Three Lions shirt, Mainoo showed incredible maturity and played like an experienced player.According to assessments from Sky Sports, the Manchester United midfielder “looks really comfortable on the field, showing off his technical class with neat handling movements” and was given a higher score (6) than Declan Rice. (5).Data from Fotmob shows that Mainoo accurately completed 58/65 passes, including 1 pass to create a scoring opportunity, 3 passes into the final third of the field and 1 pass to cross the line at the correct address.Besides, he had 75 touches, 1 shot and was the player with the most fouls in the match (3 times).In addition, Mainoo also left its mark with 1 clearance situation, 4/6 wins in duels and 6 ball recovery situations.